Media coverage:
- BBC, 30 January 2026: "China lifts sanctions on MPs and peers, as Starmer says he hopes Xi will visit UK" - Available here.
- ITV, 30 January 2026: "China lifts sanctions on UK politicians as they urge Starmer not to use them as 'bargaining chips" - Available here.
- The Guardian, 30 January 2026: "Who are the UK MPs and peers who had sanctions imposed on them by China?" - Available here.
- The Telegraph, 30 January 2026: "China lifts sanctions on British MPs." - Available here.
- The Guardian, 30 January 2026: "China has lifted sanctions from six serving British MPs and peers, Starmer says." - Available here.
- The Standard, 30 January 2026: "China has lifted sanctions on British MPs and peers, says Keir Starmer." - Available here.
- Mirror, 30 January 2026: "China lifts sanctions on banned UK politicians as Starmer claims victory." - Available here.
- Independent, 30 January 2026: "Sanctioned parliamentarians warn Starmer against deal with China." - Available here.
- The Herald, 30 January 2026: "Chinese sanctions on UK MPs and peers lifted after Starmer’s talks with Xi." - Available here.
- The Herald, 30 January 2026: "MPs hit by China sanctions say easing measures on them but not others ‘wrong." - Available here.
- The Argus, 30 January 2026: "Sanctioned parliamentarians warn Starmer against deal with China." - Available here.
Prior to the news breaking, Nusrat Ghani said: "Having the courage to speak truth to power has always been my style. As a British MP I will do my job without fear or favour and won’t be intimidated. I stood up for the UK and was sanctioned 5 years ago by the Chinese Communist Party and President Xi. The only female MP to face sanctions with four of my MP colleagues. 5 years ago, 7 of us were sanctioned by Chinese Communist Party for doing our job as MPs - exposing security concerns and Uyghur slave Labour (in our supply chains). MPs agreed that CCP was orchestrating a genocide against the Uyghur people. The sanctions were meant to intimidate us MPs and prevent us from doing our jobs. Bartering our MP sanctions doesn’t change those facts nor help others in the UK targeted by CCP and sanctioned by them."
